Method and apparatus for coil winding



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Patented Mar. 24, 1953 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COIL WINDING William P. Hunsdorf, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Cleveland Electrical Equipment Co. Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 25, 1947, Serial No. 737,006

11 Claims.

The present invention relates generally as indicated to a method and apparatus for coil winding, and more particularly to the balanced winding of coils for armatures and fields of electric apparatus on a high-speed quantity production basis.

One general object of this invention is to provide an apparatus which is capable of handling a plurality of wires and of simultaneously placing the wires in a symmetrical balanced coiled relation in the slots of an armature core or the line in firmly nested relation whereby adequate ventilation will be provided for the wires at the ends of the armature core without reducing the firmness of the construction to resist breathing movement due to the efiect of centrifugal force.

Another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus which includes means for receiving and firmly holding an armature core and for moving the same through a predetermined path of motion during the winding operation and thereafter discharging the armature in Wound condition preliminary to a similar series of operations on a similar core unit inserted in lapped relation to the wires strung on the apparatus during a pause in the continuous operation of the apparatus.

Another object is to provide an apparatus which includes mechanism for controlling the positions of wire feeding members with reference to the path of movement of the armature core so that adequate force and controlled tension may be utilized in high-speed operations with a high degree of precision.

Another object of this invention is to provide a method of applying a series of wires simultaneously around predetermined slots in balanced relation to an armature core at high speed and with exact precision of movement during the winding operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus adapted to handle multiple wires or series of Wires simultaneously and place them on the core member of a unit of electrical apparatus in a predetermined relationship in the slots thereof, and under a predetermined degree of tension and with a restricted projection or build-up of the end portions of the coils.

Another object of the invention is to provide means of feeding Wire to an armature core from reels supporting such wire supply in a manner to prevent twisting of the wires and to insure the seating of the wires in compact coils firmly held against displacement through high-speed centrifugal forces.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus, particularly adapted for winding armatures or other units of electrical apparatus in a minimum of time and without injury to the insulated coatings upon the wire, and without waste of material.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus to wind one or more wires upon the core of an armature and distribute such wires in a manner to reduce the terminal projections of the coils without losing the electrical efficiency of the wound part.

Another object of the invention is to provide apparatus for winding coils upon electrical devices, wherein the longitudinal movement of the armature core relative to the wire feeding members may follow an oblique path of movement which merges with the transverse 0r axial rotation of the armature core at the end of each stage of its oblique longitudinal movement, and includes a means for adjusting such mechanism to conform exactly with the angularity of the slots of the armature core.

Another object of the invention is to provide a control mechanism for a winding apparatus which will provide for the winding of a predetermined number of turns of wire, preliminary to controlling the positioning of the terminal portions of each coil.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention then comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description and the annexed drawings setting forth in detail one illustrative embodiment of the invention, this being indicative, however, of but one of the various ways in which the principle of the invention may be employed.

In said annexed drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus embodying the principle of my invention and showing the details of the wire-feeding head;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the forward portion of the apparatus;

Fig. 2A is a sectional elevation as seen along the line 2A2A, shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the rearward portion of the apparatus, continuous with that shown in Fig. 2

Fig. 4 is a vertical end view showing the drive and air cylinder as seenalong the line l4 shown in Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the mechanism for rotating and radially adjusting the individual tubular wire feeds, as seen along line 5-5 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view showing the wire supply reels and the tensioning device;

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary sectional elevation taken along the line 1-? shown in Fig. 6, illustrating details of the tensioning device;

Fig. 8 is a central vertical sectional view of the armature supporting collet;

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view showing the roll-over skew and timing mechanism, and taken along line 9-9 as shown in Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the mechanism for operating the armature supporting shaft and adjusting the length of the stroke thereof;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional detail view of the worm drive as seen along the line ii-i l, in Fig. 10, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 12 is a view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 10, as seen along the line lZ-lZ, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 13 is an elevation showing the moistureremoving tank and air line connections and the solenoid release, as seen along the line iii-43 shown in Fig. 2A;

Fig. 14 is a vertical sectional view of the delayed action valve controlling the positioning cylinder;

Fig. 15 is a vertical sectional view of an exhaust-regulating valve to control the rate of return of the main cylinder, outward movement of the collet mechanism, and the delayed movement of the positioning cylinder;

Fig. 16 is a diagrammatic view showing the air cylinders and air control lines and valves associated therewith;

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary detail view taken along the line i'l-i'l in Fig. 9 showing the limit switch looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 18 is a vertical sectional view showing the motor and jack shaft, as well as the end of main air cylinder, the head drive shaft to rotate the feeds, the collet shaft, the roll-over and skew mechanism, and the solenoid control of said mechanism;

Fig. 19 is an enlarged central vertical section of the roll clutch mechanism, as seen along the line iii-18, shown in Fig. 18, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 20 is a sectional view taken along the line 2l32ii shown in Fig. 19, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken along the line 2|2l, as shown in Fig. 18, looking in the direc tion of the arrows;

Fig. 22 is a wiring diagram showing the electrical units and controls and connections therefor;

Fig. 23 is an enlarged sectional elevation of a modified form of cam-operated rollover mechanism;

Fig. 24 is a front elevation of the clamp and pedestal for holding the wound armature;

Fig. 25 is a sectional view taken along the line 2525 of Fig. 2d and shows the linkage for the armature clamp;

Fig. 26 is a sectional view taken on line 2-22- of 24 and shows the clamping handle;

Fig. 27 is a central vertical sectional view showing the false commutator in position upon the chuck shaft;

Fig. 28 is a central vertical sectional view showing the method of lacing a new armature into the spaced wires between the winding fingers and the false commutator for front loading;

Fig. 29 is a sectional view taken on line 29-29 in Fig. 27;

Fig. 30 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one method of applying distributive winding to the slots of the armature core;

Fig. 31 is a central vertical sectional View of the segmental automatic wire anchorage clamps, carried on the chuck shaft; and

Fig. 32 is a transverse sectional view of the clamping members as seen along the line 3232, shown in Fig. 31, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now more especially to the drawings and first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the apparatus comprises a housing i of rectangular shape with an extension platform 2 at its forward end to support the loading and unloading unit 3. At the front of said housing i, a wire feeding head or winding head a is positioned on a horizontal support 5, said head i being provided with a central opening or winding throat 8 within which an armature core A is adapted to be reciprocated and rotated, said armature core A being carried on the armature supporting shaft i which is adapted to be reciprocated and rotated as aforesaid.

The driving mechanism of the apparatus is herein shown (see Fig. 18) as comprising an electric drive motor 8 contained within housing I and automatically controlled by a counting device 9.

Wire feeding head (Figs. 1, 2 and 5) As best shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, the wire feeding head i comprises a circular disc-like member iii carrying individual feeding units ll of generally segmental form equal in number to the number of slots in the armature core A or a different number of slots for fractional winding. Said feeding units l l are held in position on said disc it by means of headed bolts l2 which have their heads engaged in an annular recess is formed around the periphery of the suppcrting disc iii. As is shown more particularly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, each unit l l is preferably in the form of a segmental plate held in the periphery of said disc in by means of the bolts I2 just referred to, engaged through an inwardly turned flange M on each unit through the use of the slotted engagement of the units with said disc. Any predetermined number of wire feeding units ll may be located on said disc in accordance with the number of slots in the armature core which the apparatus is adapted to wind and the outer face of said disc it is preferably calibrated to facilitate accurate positioning of said feed units l 5.

One of the segmental units i l is retained in fixed position on said disc is in order to provide the means for rotating the tubular feeding members within the units ii in unison at intervals in predetermined directions as will be presently explained. The segmental unit H illustrated in Fig. 5 supports the spur gear l5 which supplies the driving force to all of the other units H by reason of the engagement of said spur gear 5 with the toothed annular shell id which extends completely around the disc l8 and rides on the bearing i'i. The spur gear i5 is mounted on a drive shaft l8 which extends rearwardly through the disc I B. A sliding cam ring [9 is provided on the disc I0, said cam ring serving to actuate individual bell crank adjusting levers 2! supported on pivots 22 on said segmental wire feeding units H and having their forward ends engaged in an annular recess 23 between shoulders 24 secured on tubular wire feeding members 25 which are supported at their upper ends in spaced bearings 26--2'l in a rotatable support 28, to the under surface of which the reel-holding brackets 3| are firmly secured. The lower ends of the tubular wire feeding members 25 are provided with bevel gears 32 in running engagement with the bevel gear 34 of the annular shell It. The bevel gears 32 are held in sliding engagement with the tubular wire feeding members 25 by means of a key 35 which provides for the radial movement of each of the tubular wire feeding members 25 toward and away from the winding throat 6. The lower portions 33 of said segmental member II are adapted to be locked to the supporting disc if; as by means of the headed bolts 36 engaged in annular slots 31 extending around the supporting disc it.

Any number of reels may be supported on the winding head 4 or adjacent thereto and for many purposes it has been found desirable to supply from one to four wires through each unit I i, such serving to provide a very compact pattern about the armature core A which is wound with this apparatus. When numerous reels are required, they may be closely spaced and the above described swiveling mechanism may be omitted, the construction of the multiple feeds thus being very compact and simple in construction.

Figs. 1, 2 and 6 clearly show the brackets 35 supporting a pair of reels 4i upon the rotatable support 28 by means of suitable fastening members 43. The wires from the reels ii are guided to the central opening 44, Fig. 6 of the tubular wire feeding members 25 by means of a wire tensioning device 45, the construction of which is most clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Said tensioning device 45 comprises a metal plate 35 against which a fiber block il is adapted to be rocked by means of a coil spring 48 supported on an adjustable guide rod 39 and bearing against a projecting shoulder on the carrier 5| for said block. Said fiber block i'i is pivotally connected to the carrier 5| and in turn the carrier is engaged upon a pivot pin 52 supported on a standard 53. The upper end of said standard 53 supports an arm 54 carrying a suitable guide eye 54A for the wire being fed through the tubular wire feeding members 25. There are two such fiber blocks M and carriers 5! therefor disposed on opposite sides of each plate 36 whereby the wires being fed from the reels 4| will be frictionally engaged between said fiber blocks ll and said plate 46.

The assembly of the reels 4!, the tensioning device 45 and the tubular wire feeding members 25 are rotated about the axes of the feeding members 25 by means of the bevel gears 52 meshing with the bevel gear 34 on the geared annular shell H5, at the end of the longitudinal strokes of the armature supporting shaft '5, such rotation always being in a predetermined direction to pre vent twisting of the wires as would occur if said assembly were not thus rotatably supported as aforesaid to follow the travel of the wire feeding members 25 adjacent to the ends of the slots of the armature A.

Drive shaft [8 is intermittently operated by engagement of a roll clutch as hereinafter described which effects rollover movement of the armature-supporting shaft 1.

Armature positioning and moving mechanism (Figs. 10, 11)

The armature supporting shaft 1 has an air operated chuck at its forward end adapted to first hold an armature core A and later to automatically release the fully wound armature. The construction of the chuck is best shown in Fig. 8 and comprises a collet 56 divided by means of slots 5! into a series of gripping jaws 58 which contract upon the shaft of the armature core A upon a retraction of the draw rod 59 which extends rearwardly to a collet actuating cylinder 6|, said actuating cylinder 6| being shown in Figs 3 and 4. The collet cylinder 6! is connected with a source of air supply by means of conduits 6263 connected with a control valve 64 as shown in the piping diagram in Fig. 16. The air under pressure for operating the system is supplied from an outside source through the pipe 65 which enters a moisture removing reservoir 66 and which then passes to the pressure line 6'! and through a solenoid operated four-way valve 68 which leads to the main cylinder 89 of the apparatus to which the shaft 1 is secured. The main air cylinder 69 moves bodily on the piston H and has a balancing pressure received through the line '52 actuating the positioning cylinder 60 to hold the operating assembly secured to cylinder 69 at a selected point. The main air cylinder 69 and its associated mechanism including the shaft 1 is moved to an unloading position with the forward chuck end of said shaft 1 in advance of the winding throat 5 and is also retracted to a loading position on the other side of said winding throat. Said valve 64 controls both the action of the collet 56 and the positioning cylinder 60 through the operation of a delayed action valve 74 which is shown in section in Fig. 14. This valve opens under pressure received through the port 15 from the air connection 63 from cylinder 6i. Said valve 14 has a port 16 connected with line 72 leading to the positioning cylinder 66 and a ball valve 7'! operative to permit flow of air in the direction indicated by the dotted arrows in Fig. 14 when pressure in port 15 is released. Said valve 74 also has a piston member 18 held in seated position by a spring 79 bearing thereon. When the pressure of the air in lines 62 and 63 builds up by reason of the closing of the collet 56 on the armature shaft, such pressure will raise piston member 18 to permit air to flow through valve M in the direction of the solid line agrows and line 12 into the positioning cylin der 6 The positioning cylinder 60 preferably has a position area twice that of the main cylinder 65 so that when air is admitted into the main cylinder to hold the reciprocating mechanism and the chuck shaft 1 connected thereto in the loading position rearward of the winding throat L, the air pressure need not be removed from the cylinder 59 inasmuch as the pressure in cylinder 33 acts on an area twice that acting on the main cylinder when moved and held in operating position. In this way the chuck shaft 3 is air cushioned in both directions. The operation of the system is such that when the valve 6 2 is operated. pressure is admitted into the cylinder Si and as the pressure builds up the air flows through the valve "i in the manner aforesaid and through the conduit 12 to the cylinder 50.

acsacos- Installed in each of the air lines leading into opposite ends of piston ll of main cylinder 69 is an exhaust regulating valve 8t which, as best shown in Fig. 15, has a spring loaded ball ill constantly urged toward a seated position but held away from the seat a desired distance in accordance with the setting of the adjusting screw 82. Accordingly, whenever either line is connected to release pressure the air will flow through said valve st in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 15 at a desired rate of speed.

The solenoid operated four-way valve as is shown in Fig. 13 and the solenoid for actuating the same is represented by the numeral 8:3 in said figure.

Roll over and skew mechanism (Figs. 3, 9, 18)

When conventional coil winding is to be carried out, the roll-over and skew mechanism for causing laying of the wires across the ends of the armature core being wound after each halfreciprocation of the shaft i preferably takes the form shown in detail in Fig. 9. The armature supporting shaft 6 is oscillated about its longitudinal axis by a crank arm es, which actuates rack 9i and pinion d2 mechanism positioned at a mid point of the housing i in approximately the plane of the timing unit a.

Shaft l is also given a secondary axial rotation when armature cores having diagonal or skew slots are to be wound. The skew movement is provided for by means of an adjustable centrally slotted skew plate $3 which, as shown in Fig. 3, may be set at an angle to the straight path of reciprocation of the armature supporting shaft 7. This angular adjustment is made by setting the plate 93 at the desired skew angle and securing it in such position by means of the set screws 94 which engage a slide plate 95 through arcuate slots 95 (Fig. 3) in the skew plate 93. The rack bar 9! has the slide block 97 on its under side riding in the slot 98 of the skew plate $3 and the rack 9! is shifted laterally to rotate the armature supporting shaft 7 through the pinion Q2 which has its hub slidably keyed to the armature supporting shaft l.

The travel of the rocker arm 9% for the rack bar 9! engaging the pinion 92 keyed to the armature supporting shaft 'i is adjusted by means of the scale We shown in Fig. 9 to a preselected slot and then the rack bar M will be moved the requisite distance to aline the selected slot with the feeding fingers 25 in the winding throat 6.

The mechanism for shifting the rack bar ill laterally so as to rotate the pinion t2 keyed upon the armature supporting shaft '11 comprises the adjustable crank arm 98, having a slot it! in which a crank pin N32 for a connecting rod its is supported for adjustment with the scale we and pointer lil i by means of an adjusting screw Hi which moves crank pin it? along slot am, said connecting rod it being connected with the rocker arm 99 supported on a pivot We and connected intermediate its ends with the rack bar 9i. By changing the adjustment of the crank arm es, the angular displacement of pinion 92 keyed to the armature supporting shaft l is correspondingly varied.

The rocker arm 99 has a slot Mil formed therein in which a block i533 is slidable. A pin W9 extends through said block H38 and through ears formed on the rack bar. A spring Mil hooked over said pin H09 and the pivot Hi6 constantly urges the rack bar downwardly against its guide ill. Arm H2 has another block Hi8 therein for operation upon by another spring Hii which is hooked over the pin Hi9 and the pivot N3 of said arm so as to constantly urge the other end of the rack bar into engagement with its guide lll.

As shown in Figs. 9 and 18, the crank arm 98 is pivoted on the stub shaft M l, which carries the gear wheel Me which intermittently rotates the crank arm 9!] through 180 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 9 by means of which the free end of the adjustable member I82 is first moved in a downward direction which draws the connecting rod Hi3 inwardly to the left together with the upper end of the rocker arm as attached to the rack bar 9i, thus moving the rack bar in a direction away from the counter mechanism 9 and rotating the armature sup porting shaft i in a clockwise direction and then upon rotation of the crank arm 9t through the remaining in the same direction, the connecting rod M33 is moved toward the right to return the rack bar ill to the position shown. The gear wheel H5 is meshed with a gear H6 (see Fig. 18) which is fastened to gear H1, said gear i ll meshing with a pinion i ill on the driven member of a one-revolution roll clutch H9.

A locking latch 23, shown in Fig. 18, is adapted to engage projections in the roll-over clutch H9 and hold it in non-rotating position for the length of time required for each longitudinal stroke of the armature supporting shaft 7. The latch E28 is released by the solenoid iZl being energized from the limit switch i22, as shown in Figs. 9 and 1'7, and the shaft E23 driving the timing unit 89 carries the arm m l to actuate the limit switch 522.

The power for operating the skew mechanism is derived from the worm shaft lit which operates the worm wheel l 2% driving the timer shaft E23 which carries the limit switch contact arm E25 (Figs. 9 and 17). The shaft i23 carries a sprocket 52?, which is connected by a chain I28 (Fig. 3), with a sprocket lZQ mounted on a shaft 539 at the end of which is a crank arm lti, said crank arm being connected by means of a link i 32, which reciprocates the slide plate 95 and the overlying skew plate 93, in harmony with the reciprocating motion of the armature supporting shaft 1.

A. modified. form of the roll-over and skew mechanism is shown in Fig. 23.

This modified form is adapted to control the roll-over in accordance with any pattern of distributive winding which may be found desirable for the work in hand.

In each instance, the armature supporting shaft 1 is rotated by a pinion 92 keyed thereto, and meshing with a rack bar it? which is moved laterally to rotate the armature supporting shaft '5 through a predetermined angle to bring the return slot of the armature core in alignment with the wire-feeding members 25.

In this modified form a cam drum W3 is provided with a cam track it! designed to shift a terminal roller E38 on the rack bar 535 the necessary distance to rotate the pinion 92 slidingly keyed on the armature supporting shaft l which will turn the armature the requisite number of slots in accordance with the shape of the cam track I3? and thus provide for a selected type of distributive winding.

Roll-over clutch (Figs. 19, 20 and 21) The roll-over clutch as shown in Figs. 19, 20 and 21 comprises a three-section unit with peripheral springs I4I-I42 tending to relatively rotate the driven and spider sections thereof to engage the former with. a driving section. One part of this unit I43 is operated continuously by a sprocket I44 from the jack shaft I45. The jack shaft I45 extends lengthwise of the housing I and has keyed thereto a pulley I45 (Fig. 18) driven by a belt, said belt running over a pulley I48 on the drive shaft of the electric drive motor 8. Keyed to the rear end of said jack shaft I45 (see Fig. 4) is a sprocket I49 over which a chain I58 is trained, said chain passing over a sprocket II on a shaft I52. Integral with the sprocket I5I is a smaller diameter sprocket I53 having a chain I54 thereover and over the sprocket I44.

Fitted within the driving section I43 of the roll clutch is a driven section I55 and between said sections I43 and I55 is a series of rollers I5! which are held in circumferentially spaced relation by means of a spider section I58. The driven section I58 is formed with flats I59 thereon tangent to a circle inscribing said rollers I57 and having its center at the center of the clutch. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 20 the clutch is in a disengaged position with the driving section I43 free to rotate independently of the driven section I58 and the spider I58. Each of said sections I56 and I58 has a block IE8 secured thereto (see Fig. 18) for engagement with the upper end of the latch I28. When the latch I28 is shifted away from the blocks I58 by the energization of the solenoid I2I, the springs MI and I42 which are hooked over pins ISI on spider I58 and pins I52 on the driven section I55 cause an angular displacement of said sections with respect to each other thereby causing the rollers I57 to be wedged between the flats I59 and the inner wall of the driving section I43, thus allowing the driving section I43 to transmit rotating power to the driven section I55. The previously-described sprocket I44 is keyed on a shaft I65 which extends through the roll clutch and has keyed thereon the driving section I43. The driven section I 56 is rotatable on said shaft I65 as for example on the bearing I86 and has fixed thereon the pinion II8. When the driven section I56 is rotated by reason of the engagement of the clutch as aforesaid, the corresponding rotation of said pinion I I8 will drive the gear I I! in mesh therewith and through the gears I I5 and H5, the roll-over crank arm shaft II4 will be driven one revolution of the driven section I58 and pinion will effect one-half revolution of crank 90.

The intermittent rotation of the driven section I56 and the intermittent rotation of the pinion H8 in addition to operating the roll-over crank arm shaft II4 also drives the shaft I3 which rotates the pinion I5 meshed with the ring gear I8, thus transmitting intermittent rotary movement to the wire feeding members I5 through the bevel gears 32 and 34, the latter :being integral with the ring gear I5. The power is thus transmitted to the shaft I8 through the gear I I 1 which is keyed thereonto.

The latch I28 will re-engage every revolution so as to repeat the operation to position the slots of the armature into alignment with the wire feeding fingers 25 for a winding operation.

Timing mechanism and control (Fig. 22

The worm shaft I25 receives its power from a chain driven sprocket ITI through a sprocket (not shown) keyed on the front end of the jack shaft I45, the counter 9 being operative to count each half reciprocation of the armature supporting shaft 2. When the counter 9 registers the proper number of turns previously set, it makes an electrical contact which actuates the magnetic reversing switch I12 (Fig. 22) for the main motor 8 driving the machine.

The magnetic reversing switch I72 also closes an electrical circuit which energizes a reset solenoid I13 in the counter 9 preparing it to repeat the cycle of turns for the next armature to be wound.

The reversing switch I72 is controlled automatically by the plugger switch I74 which is :beltdriven by belt I75 (Fig. 18) from the jack shaft I45. When the plugger switch II4 comes to rest from rotation, it automatically disconnects all power to the motor 8, allowing it to remain in stopped position. The counter shaft I23 has the arm I24 (Figs. 9 and 17) which actuates the limit switch I22 which energizes the roll clutch release solenoid I2I at each end of the armature supporting shaft 'I reciprocation and allowing the roll clutch I I8 to engage the roll=-over mechanism during the latter portion of each reciprocation of the armature-supporting shaft 1 and simultaneously rotating the wire feeding fingers 25 Wire terminal clamping means After an armature A has been fully wound as described in detail in the ensuing description, the wires are clamped in what may be designated a false commutator such as shown in Figs. 28 and 29 or they may be anchored in an automatic segmental clamping unit such as shown in Figs. 31 and 32.

The clamping device shown in Figs. 27 and 29 discloses a sleeve I88 having longitudinal slots I8I, with half-round recesses within which the wire ends are received and clampingly engaged. The inner and outer sleeves I88 and I82 are slightly conical and wedge upon each other and are moved into clamping engagement with the wires by means of a screw threaded collar I53, supported on the chuck shaft I which brings the half round recesses of said inner and outer sleeves I88 and I82 into gripping relation to the wires within the recesses.

The wires may also be automatically engaged by the clamping device I85, shown in Figs. 31 and 32. This device comprises radially movable elements I86 forming a disc-like structure when in contact with each other, the radial lines of contact of the segments forming gripping surfaces I81, which may be serrated or roughened to securely grip a wire therebetween. Each segment I86 is held on a leaf spring I88 which is secured to a collar or hub I88 slidably engaged over the end portion of the chuck shaft 7, the free ends of said springs I88 being firmly engaged with the respective segments I85. The cam ring I88 is secured to the chuck shaft 7 by a set-screw I9I, beneath the spring members I88 and the under surface of the springs ride over the cam ring I88 as the springs move forward, and the springs and segments are thus moved radially outward through such cam action, and the gripping edges of the segments will be separated as they move outwardly a distance sufficient to grip the respective wires, and will simultaneously be clamped upon the wires when the springs have passed over the cam ring We and the segments I86 are again drawn radially inward. Thus, the wires are individually clamped by the segments Ifiii at a point intermediate the wound armature and the plane of the feeding fingers 25, and the wires may be severed adjacent the clamping segments I86 and thus free the Wound armature from the apparatus, while at the same time, the wires are all firmly held in proper registry for the insertion of a new armature core to be wound at such point in the apparatus.

Without the clamping means just described, the Wound armature A may be supported on the standard 3 in advance of the winding throat El and thus provide a conical arrangement of wires, within which a new armature may be inserted from behind the winding throat upon retraction of the chuck shaft I, with such wires lacing into the slots of the new armature.

The support for holding the wound armature in advance of the winding throat 6 is shown in Figs. 24, 25 and 26. The clamping means for the armatures comprises a fixed plate I95 and a movable plate IQB hingedly engaged therewith by means of a link IQI, pivoted to the fixed plate by means of the pivot pin I98, and pivoted to the movable plate by means of a pivot pin I99. When the plates I95 and I96 are in clamping position the link I9I is received within the respective slots at the ends of said plates. At the ends of the plates opposite the position of said link IIII, an elongated member or handle 2% is pivoted to the movable plate I96 by means of a pivot pin 2Ill, and having a locking pin 202 therefor, the armature carried thereby to be reciprocated through the winding throat B and this reciprocation coupled with the intermittent roll-over of said shaft I and the armature carried thereby lays the wires from the feeding fingers 25 into the armature slots and across the ends of the armature core.

Radial movement of feeding fingers (To position wires in armature slots following each half reciprocation of the armature supporting shaft 7 and the armature A carried thereby) This movement of the fingers 25 is accomplished through the sliding ring III which engages the inner ends of the bell cranks 2I. The reciprocation of said ring It is efiected through bars 230 which are connected to said ring and extend rearwardly through suitable bearings in the housing I and have their rear ends pivotally connected to the upper ends of the arms of a yoke 23L The intermediate portion of the yoke arms are pivotally connected to the housing I as at 232 and the lower end of the yoke is formed with a cam follower 233 engaged in a cam track formed around the periphery of the cam drum 234. Sam drum 23 has a gear 235 thereon which meshes with a drive pinion 236 keyed to the forward end of shaft I52. Said shaft I52 is continuously rotated during the winding cycle whereby the fingers 25 are periodically moved radially inward and outward of the winding throat 6 at the end of each half reciprocation of the armature supporting shaft I, said fingers being moved inward as the roll-over of said shaft I and the armature carried thereby starts and moves outward as the roll-over operation of said shaft and the armature is completed. Thus, as the armature supporting shaft 'I and the armature carried secured thereto at a position when the plates I95 and I96 are in closed clamping 12 position to bear against the under surface of the fixed plate I95. The forward edge 2&3 of the fixed plate I55 is slightly rounded to permit the locking pin 262 to ride past the corner when it is moved to latching position.

Armature supporting shaft reciprocating mechanism (Figs. 3, 10, 11 and 12) The armature supporting shaft I is mounted on bearings at each end of the housing I and any desired number of bearings therebetween for reciprocation longitudinally so as to position an armature carried thereby on one side and the other of the winding throat 6. The mechanism for so reciprocating the armature supporting shaft I comprises a connecting rod RIO pinned to a sleeve 2i! which is rotatable on said shaft I and held in a fixed longitudinal position on said shaft as by means of the coliars 2I2 fixed on said shaft and spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the length of said sleeve ZII. The other end of said connecting rod 2H) is pivotally connected at 2I3 to an adjustable slide 2 4.

A worm wheel ZIE is driven by a worm 2I6 on the shaft I 25, the worm wheel 2 I5 having a transverse slideway ZII with the adjustable slide 2M therein. Thus, the radius of the pivot pin 2I3 may be adjusted relative to the central stub shaft 2118 of the worm wheel ZIE by means of an adjusting screw 259 turned by means of the head 229, an indicator scale 22I is provided to show the degree of adjustment and a pointer 222 traverses the scale as the adjusting screw 2! 9 is turned.

The worm wheel 2I5 is continuously rotated during the winding operation to cause the armature supporting shaft I and, thereby moves axially in one direction through the winding throat 6, the wires will extend from one end of the armature to the other in a somewhat conical form and then at the end of the stroke of the shaft I and armature, the inward movement of the fingers at the commencement of the rollover operation will pack the wires in the armature slots.

The winding operation At the beginning of the operation of the apparatus the armature supporting shaft I is in a position forward of the winding threat 6 and the wires which lead radially to the winding throat 6 through the tubular feeding members 25 are clamped in a false commutator.

An armature core A is then inserted into the collet 56 in the end of said shaft I with the armature slots in alignment with the feeding members 25. Clamping of the armature core A in said collet is eifected by manual operation or the valve 64 to allow air under pressure to flow from line 65, through moisture removing reservoir 66, valve 64, and line 6?. into the collet actuating cylinder BI whereby the draw rod 59 connected to said collet and to the movable element of said cylinder III is drawn rearwardly to contract the collet 56 on the shaft of the armature core.

As the pressure builds up in the cylinder BI the valve I4 will allow air to enter the positioning cylinder 60 to extend the rod thereof to operating position.

The push button of a switch in circuit with the solenoid 84 is then pushed to energize said solenoid and. thereby actuating the four-way valve 68 and allowing the air under pressure 

